Charles Hermann
Charles Hermann ( Charles Bismark "Tiny" Herman; born August 25, 1906 in Halifax , Nova Scotia , † November 30, 1966 in Metcalfe , Ontario ) was a Canadian athlete and Canadian football player .
At the British Empire Games in Hamilton in 1930 , he won silver in the discus throw and bronze in the shot put . Its placement in the hammer throw is not recorded.
In 1930 he became Canadian champion in the shot put, in 1932 in the shot put, discus and hammer throw.
From 1933 he played for the Canadian football team Ottawa Rough Riders , with whom he won the Gray Cup in 1940 .
He attended King's Collegiate School in Windsor and then entered the service of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . During World War II he was Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Canadian Navy and was awarded the Order of the British Empire . He then worked as a trainer at Ashbury College in Ottawa . In 1964 he was among the first athletes to be inducted into the newly formed Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame . He died in a plane crash .
Web links
- Entry in the Sports Wall of Fame of the Annapolis Valley
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| SURNAME | Hermann, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hermann, Charles Bismark; Hermann, Tiny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian athlete and Canadian football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halifax , Nova Scotia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1966 |
| Place of death | Metcalfe , Ontario |